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What You Should Know
Easement Information for Property Owners
/ Lessees
Water Rates
Call Before You Dig - It's Now The Law
Easement
Information for Property Owners / Lessees
Your Water / Sewer District W.C.I.D. No. 50 has
easements on your property which contain water lines, storm drains,
fire hydrants and sanitary sewer lines. When problems arise, W.C.I.D.
No. 50's personnel will have to inspect and repair these lines.
On occasion, this means bringing in equipment and digging up property
to make the necessary repairs.
Below are the policies of W.C.I.D. No. 50:
- Repairs made in the utility easement will be brought back to
grade with bank sand. All damages made to property off
the easement will be brought back as close to previous conditions
as possible.
- The District will notify homeowners of repairs scheduled, so
the homeowner can remove all plants or trees on the easement.
The homeowner can transplant at his / her own risk when the work
is completed.
- No structure should be built on or over any utility easement.
This includes, but is not limited, to the following items: Slabs,
pools, decks, foundations, pool aprons, walls and roof overhangs.
Caution should be used in planting expensive shrubs and trees
over easements, as it may be necessary to remove them if the District
has to dig in the easement to repair lines. This also applies
to sprinkler systems.
- If fences are on the easements, the District will notify the
owner so that he / she can remove same, or the district will remove
them as carefully as possible and replace the original fences
(posts and boards). The District will not assume any damage that
may occur from removing old fences.
- A permit from W.C.I.D. No. 50 must be issued for any home addition,
sewer line or water line work outside the original slab. The cost
for this permit is $25.00, and the permit is issued at the District
office at 1122 Cedar Lane.
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Water Rates
Water Rates in effect as of July 21, 1990, are:
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$2.35 per thousand gallons
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$2.95 per thousand gallons
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$3.65 per thousand gallons
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A minimum bill is $22.16 (Water $7.05 + Sewer Charge
$15.00 + .005% State Fee $0.11).
Deposit Required: Lessees: $100.00, Owners: $50.00
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Call Before You Dig - It's Now The Law
When planning to dig gardens, build fences,
plant trees or undertake major construction projects involving
excavation or digging, first call the water district office
to learn where water and sewer lines are located. Also, new
legislation in Texas now requires that homeowners and contractors
provide two (2) working days notice to centralized notification
center. The notification center will alert participating utility
companies - such as electric, gas, cable and phone companies
- about the planned digging so they can mark the approximate
location of their underground lines if necessary.
Safe digging practices reduce the interruption
of vital services, protect property and save lives.
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Call Before You Dig
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Harris County W.C.I.D. No. 50
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Centralized Notification Center
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713-223-4567 or 800-669-8344
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Harris County Water
Control & Improvement
District No. 50
1122 Cedar Lane
El Lago, TX 77586
Tel: 281-326-5573
Fax: 281-326-7005
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Customer
Service
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